I loved the look of both of the greenbrier photos and really couldn’t choose between them. Here is the second one.
I think it just barely edges out the prior one as my favorite.
Which do you prefer, the one from January 16th or this one from today, January 18th?
This seam of crystals divided the pond in two.
I am glad they are just ephemeral ice. No one will want to own them or steal them or mine them. They are just there for the passerby to enjoy.
Nikon D5100 f/16 ISO 400 1/90 sec 55-300@240mm – Summer 2012
These two little oak galls seem to be leaning in to each other, as though to share secrets or offer comfort. Yes, anthropomorphism at its finest!
Nikon D5100 f/5.6 ISO 800 1/250sec 195mm – Summer 2012
I was out at sunrise the other morning, watering the little fruit trees. These bright orange-yellow galls caught my eye. Their color is certainly enhanced by the glow of sunrise, and that is part of what caught my eye, but what I like the most is their attitude of leaning in toward each other, and the appearance of being cradled by the leaf.
And here is another potential harvest looking promising.
Nikon D5100 f/5.6 ISO 800 1/250sec 240mm – Summer 2012
Apparently the native Oklahoma persimmon doesn’t much mind the drought and high heat.
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Beauty in the woods 🙂
Nikon D5100 f/6.7 ISO 100 1/180 s 55-300@185mm – Summer 2012
To me, these yellow flowers in the sunshine are Oklahoma in the summertime, in the early morning.
Nikon D5100 f/11 ISO 100 1/125s Nikkor 55-300@300mm – Summer 2012
Well, the case could be made that a photo of the ubiquitous dry, brown, crispy grass would be more representative of the last few summers in Oklahoma, but that is not what evokes my desire to run out the door with a camera in the early morning. So this photo of small yellow flowers stretching toward the sun, which was, in fact, taken in Oklahoma in the summertime, stands in my mind for the quintessential Oklahoma Summer Morning.
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ubiquitous: present, appearing, or found everywhere
Side by side, clinging to the branch. Glowing in the early morning sun.
Nikon D5100 f/8 ISO 200 1/125s Nikkor 55-300@185mm – Summer 2012
Tenacity, friendship, beauty, and grace at the end of life. We could all wish for the same 🙂
Yes, these are the same seeds from earlier this week, but at sunrise instead of sunset 🙂
Nikon D5100 f/8 ISO 400 1/250 s Nikkor 55-300@300mm – Summer 2012
This time, the rising sun was so bright behind them! I thought they might come out in silhouette, but I wanted the sunlight glowing through them, the way I saw it. I think I got my settings right, so I am very pleased with this photo!
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